-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Having played the same hole 10 times in one day , you 'd think Raphael Jacquelin would be sick of the sight of the 18th at Valencia 's Parador de El Saler .

But the French golfer was more relieved to have ended a two-year wait for a European Tour title , especially with a new member of the family on the way .

`` That is very tiring but I am really , really happy , '' he said after winning a nine-hole playoff at the Spanish Open on Sunday , the equal longest decider in the tour 's 41-year history .

The 38-year-old clinched his fourth European Tour win , and first since triumphing at the 2011 Sicilian Open , having been tied with Chile 's Felipe Aguilar and Germany 's Maximilian Kieffer after the 72 regulation holes .

Aguilar , also 38 , bowed out at the third extra hole , and the other two matched each other par for par in the next five .

Jacquelin finally broke the deadlock with a wedge to five feet , sinking the birdie putt to deny 22-year-old Kieffer his maiden top-level victory and claim the â ‚ ¬ 250,000 -LRB- $ 327,000 -RRB- first prize . It should lift the 146th-ranked player inside the top 100 .

`` I could not make any putts -LRB- in the play-off -RRB- but the last one dropped , which means a lot for me and my family , '' Jacquelin said on the European Tour website after taking his career earnings past â ‚ ¬ 9 million -LRB- $ 11.8 million -RRB- .

`` There 's another baby coming at the end of November ; every time I get a baby , there 's a win so I 'll have a football team after a few years ! ''

Scotland 's Marc Warren had led for most of the final day , but four bogeys in his last five holes meant he finished in a tie for fourth -- one shot away from making the playoff as he was left to rue a three-putt at 18 .

Sergio Garcia tied for 12th at his national event , having flown from Augusta after finishing eighth at the Masters last Sunday .

Miguel Angel Jimenez , playing his first tournament since breaking his leg in a skiing accident last year , missed the halfway cut along with former major champions Michael Campbell and Jose Maria Olazabal .

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Raphael Jacquelin wins Spanish Open after record-equaling ninth playoff hole

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Frenchman triumphs in three-way decider , which takes two hours to complete

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He denies young German Maximilian Kieffer his first top-level victory

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Chile 's Felipe Aguilar bows out after the third hole of the playoff